Mimiwhangata - Kaituna Bay track

Submitted by Mirabilis on Mon, 10/06/2014 - 23:06

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Mimiwhangata Beach

Description

There is a loop walk on an informal track that takes you around the peninsula along beautiful beaches and a bit of rocky coast, across farmland past wetlands full of native birds and through regenerating native bush. Look out for the rare pateke/brown teal - a small brown endemic duck, a number of which can be seen in the main wetland pond. We saw variable oyster catchers and endangered dotterel on the long inner beach, and pied stilts, heaps of paradise shelduck, pukeko, black swans and shags, The track is about 4.5km long and takes approximately 1.5 - 2 hours.